Books by Deborah Hensel

A Farrier''s Tale is a historical fiction set in the Middle Ages about a gifted, young farrier, Clare of Rouen. When her family is killed by the king''s marauders, she assumes her brother''s identity as a squire for the Knights Templar. Entrusted with important letters for the grand master from the Paris preceptory, she journeys to Jerusalem. There, she watches Christendom''s Holy City fall to Islam. She and other trusted squires and knights are commissioned by the newly elected grand master to courier sacred artifacts to Europe''s preceptories and cathedrals for protection. Along the way, their paths cross the Inquisition, espionage, the wiles of the English and French courts, wars between England and Scotland, the dissolution of the Knights Templar, and the deaths of trusted friends. Join Clare on this journey through one of the most tumultuous times in history.